لَقَد سَفَحَت مِن دَمعِ عَينَيكَ عَبرَةٌ

لَقَد سَفَحَت مِن دَمعِ عَينَيكَ عَبرَةٌ

وَحُقَّ لِعَيني أَن تُفيضَ عَلى سَعدِ

وَحُقَّ لِعَيني أَن تُفيضَ عَلى سَعدِ

Indeed, a tear has streamed from your weeping eyes,

Tears have poured from your eyes in sorrow,

And rightly should my eye overflow for Sa'd—

And my eyes have the right to overflow for Sa'd.

قَتيلٌ ثَوى في مَعرَكٍ فُجِعَت بِهِ

قَتيلٌ ثَوى في مَعرَكٍ فُجِعَت بِهِ

عُيونٌ ذَواري الدَمعِ دائِمَةِ الوَجدِ

عُيونٌ ذَواري الدَمعِ دائِمَةِ الوَجدِ

A slain man who lay on a battlefield, whose loss has bereaved

A slain man buried in battle, for whom

Eyes shedding tears, unceasing in their sorrow;

Eyes shed copious tears and endless grief.

عَلى مِلَّةِ الرَحمَنِ وارِثِ جَنَّةٍ

عَلى مِلَّةِ الرَحمَنِ وارِثِ جَنَّةٍ

مَعَ الشُهَداءِ وَفدُها أَكرَمُ الوَفدِ

مَعَ الشُهَداءِ وَفدُها أَكرَمُ الوَفدِ

In the faith of the All-Merciful, heir to a garden,

Upon the religion of the Merciful, inheritor of Paradise,

With the martyrs—its guests the noblest of guests.

Among the martyrs, his delegation the most honored.

فَإِن تَكُ قَد وَدَّعتَنا عَن مَوَدَّةٍ

فَإِن تَكُ قَد وَدَّعتَنا عَن مَوَدَّةٍ

وَأَمسَيتَ في غَبراءَ مُظلِمَةِ اللَحدِ

وَأَمسَيتَ في غَبراءَ مُظلِمَةِ اللَحدِ

For if you have bidden us farewell with affection,

If you have bid us farewell out of affection,

And now lie in dust-gray earth, in a dark burial niche,

And passed your night in the darkness of the grave.

فَأَنتَ الَّذي يا سَعدُ أُبتَ بِمَشهَدٍ

فَأَنتَ الَّذي يا سَعدُ أُبتَ بِمَشهَدٍ

كَريمٍ وَأَثوابِ المَكارِمِ وَالحَمدِ

كَريمٍ وَأَثوابِ المَكارِمِ وَالحَمدِ

Then you, O Sa'd, are the one who returned with a feat

Then you, O Sa'd, have been granted a noble death,

Of honor, and robes of noble deeds and praise,

And the reward of virtues and praise.

بِحُكمِكَ في حَيَّي قُرَيظَةَ بِالَّذي

بِحُكمِكَ في حَيَّي قُرَيظَةَ بِالَّذي

قَضى اللَهُ فيهِم ما قَضَيتَ عَلى عَمدِ

قَضى اللَهُ فيهِم ما قَضَيتَ عَلى عَمدِ

Through your judgment upon Qurayza's two clans, according to what

By your judgement regarding Qurayza with what

God decreed for them, when you judged deliberately.

God decreed for them, which you executed deliberately.

فَوافَقَ حُكمَ اللَهِ حُكمُكَ فيهِمِ

فَوافَقَ حُكمَ اللَهِ حُكمُكَ فيهِمِ

وَلَم تَعفُ إِذ ذُكِّرتَ ما كانَ مِن عَهدِ

وَلَم تَعفُ إِذ ذُكِّرتَ ما كانَ مِن عَهدِ

Thus your judgment concerning them accorded with God's judgment,

So God's judgement aligned with yours regarding them,

And you did not pardon when reminded of the covenant that once was.

And you did not pardon when reminded of the covenant.

فَإِن كانَ رَيبُ الدَهرِ أَمضاكَ في الأولى

فَإِن كانَ رَيبُ الدَهرِ أَمضاكَ في الأولى

شَرَوا هَذِهِ الدُنيا بِجَنّاتِهِ الخُلدِ

شَرَوا هَذِهِ الدُنيا بِجَنّاتِهِ الخُلدِ

For if time's vicissitudes have carried you away among those who

If the tricks of fate have carried you away in the first,

Sold this world for His everlasting gardens,

They exchanged this life for the gardens of eternity.

فَنِعمَ مَصيرُ الصادِقينَ إِذا دُعوا

فَنِعمَ مَصيرُ الصادِقينَ إِذا دُعوا

إِلى اللَهِ يَوماً لِلوَجاهَةِ وَالقَصدِ

إِلى اللَهِ يَوماً لِلوَجاهَةِ وَالقَصدِ

How excellent, then, is the destination of the truthful when they are called

Excellent then is the fate of the truthful, when called

To God one day, for honor and uprightness.

To God one day for glory and purpose.